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₿itcoin geek who writes a ₿log about bitcoin and other freedom tech on the nostr. My mission is to promote bitcoin as a store of value, medium of exchange, and unit of account. https://nostree.me/bloggingbitcoin@iris.to Get notified of new blogs on [Keet](nosl.ink/TgS14vtN)
Replying to Avatar rand0mguest2

https://x.com/iiicapital/status/1730352696647897219 what if unchained goes under? What if the state tries to freeze your bitcoin via unchained? “Collaborative custody” is a Half baked idea boomer idea

In that situation, consider 1-of-3 keys lost.

You can recover your bitcoin with Caravan as long as you have 2-of-3 keys.

https://unchained-capital.github.io/caravan/#/

I used to pay my trash bill with BitRefill, but they discontinued the service.

I forgot to pay for like a year. 🤦

I paid it today, but they never sent me any threatening letters, called me, or stopped picking up my trash and only charged me like six bucks in late fees.

😂

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Here is a demo of a new onboarding flow for nostr applications. I started working on this after watching nostr:npub1wmr34t36fy03m8hvgl96zl3znndyzyaqhwmwdtshwmtkg03fetaqhjg240's keynote "Nostr for normies" at nostr:npub1nstrcu63lzpjkz94djajuz2evrgu2psd66cwgc0gz0c0qazezx0q9urg5l; which I highly recommend watching.

My goal here was to create a way to onboard new users without requiring them to:

* install a browser extension

* copy/paste a secret

* explain npub/nsec stuff

* without losing interoperability with other nostr applications

This flow resembles a lot an OAuth style (e.g. "Login with twitter") flow:

* You create an account in one site (e.g. Twitter)

* You can "login" to another site with that account

* You can revoke access from using your account

Behind the scenes this is using NIP-89 to find nsecBunkers that allow people to register an account in their domain.

This means that any nostr application can offer a signup/login flow on any nsecBunker domain. The application itself doesn't take custody nor ever see the generated key.

And what's cool is that any nsecBunker provider can create their own flow; they can use passwords, or not, they can require a payment or proof-of-work to create an account. They can brand their "signup/login" popup page in whatever way they want.

Here is a demo video of this new building block that is now available to nostr applications.

https://cdn.satellite.earth/2e2e353ac5f69caffdc73da81c4e735c19579432967323564924c585819e6ef9.mp4

Amazing. I've tried onboardstr, but you're right, normies won't do key management. This OAuth style login makes nostr normie friendly. 🤙

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Everyone join me in congratulating everyone's favorite nostr:npub1jk9h2jsa8hjmtm9qlcca942473gnyhuynz5rmgve0dlu6hpeazxqc3lqz7 , for he has been made the first official brand ambassador for Yondar!

His talent, technical prowess, and excellent communications background make him the ideal envoy for spreading the good word about humanity's liberation from the Google Maps overlords. Yondar's mission is to connect people and places in a radically convenient, private, open-source, and user-first way; we are building the tools we need for a bright augmented-reality fueled future. Thank you, Sleepy, for joining us in spreading this news to faraway lands and new Yondarers everywhere!

All zaps on this note go to Sleepy to celebrate his new journey!

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Congratulations.

Super useful (& legal) Tor Onion links:

Clear web: Exch.cx

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Swap crypto to crypto without CloudFlare or Big Tech. 0.5% fee.

Con: They get DDoS'ed a lot, but check back in a few hours if down.

Clear web: Trocador.app

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Acts as a no-fee No-JavaScript crypto-to-crypto swap front end for supposedly "many exchanges" but you usually get FixedFloat. Since FixedFloat uses CloudFlare and Google, it's good to not go direct for privacy and to prevent FixedFloat from being able to bounce with your funds.

(Trocador doesn't add fees, but FixedFloat charges 0.5%, same as ExCh)

Clear web: RoboSats.com

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Peer-to-peer Bitcoin Lightning for fiat/XMR.

Clear web: WizardSwap.io

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Swap cryptocurrencies (high 2.2% fees). No Big Tech.

Con: I wouldn't use this in a browser due to fees, but it's good to have variety and you can use Particl directly via download for atomic swaps

Clear web: MetaGer.org

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No-JavaScript search engine aggregator, that allows you to proxy into websites that normally block Tor and require JavaScript

Clear web: monerosms.com

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Get an anonymous USA SMS line for XMR

Clear web: Crypton.sh

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Get an anonymous European SMS line for Crypto that normally requires KYC

Clear web: Kyun.host

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Buy a tiny VPS in Romania for Monero. No email required. No Big Tech.

Support via Session or SimpleX

Con: No Domain names

Clear web: njal.la

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Buy a domain name without info or Big Tech. But they're better for domains than the VPS, which is overpriced and blocks emails. Support via XMPP or email.

Con: They will suspend you without warning for illegal stuff, which locks up your domain.

Clear web: AgoraDesk.com

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No KYC Peer-to-peer exchange to buy/sell Bitcoin/Monero for fiat. 1% fee.

No Big Tech. No JavaScript. Mobile App is on F-Droid

Most of the liquidity is Zelle & CashApp

Clear web: SimplifiedPrivacy.com

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Author of this list. Huge amount of resources on privacy, Linux, crypto, degoogled life, and censorship resistance.

Have you tried Robosats?

I'm still developing my own zapping strategy. I thought about writing about it, but this protocol changes so fast, my strategy gets outdated too soon. I'm starting to use the support button on highlighter.com for some of my favorite coders and podcasters, but it doesn't always work and I'm not rich enough to send monthly donations to everyone I would like to.

That makes sense, but politics in America no lo longer make sense to me.

The American dream is dead. Politics has become a pissing match between social issues and you're right, the third party strategy has not worked. So Americans are indoctrinated tonthink they can onlynchoose between two canidates from two anointed political parties that only agree on one thing: The Chairman of the Federal Reserve.

That's what I'm saying. A decade ago, only libertarians and a few applied cryptographers were the only people into #bitcoin. Now It's going mainstream.

I haven't voted since going down the agorism rabbit hole, but I've been a registered libertarian since my early 20's.

How is it that two pro bitcoin US presidential canidates appeared on the What Bitcoin Did podcast and I couldn't even tell you who's running under the libertarian ticket?